Hi,I started to renovate my flagstone pathway yesterday. The people that owned the house before us installed it but didn't do it correcctly so the rocks had sunk into the ground and became 75% covered in grass. Most of the rocks I didn't know were there until I hit them with the shovel. Anyway, instead of grass growing between the steps I wanted to try planting creeping thyme (by seed).I bought some "Magic Carpet Thyme" yesterday from Veseys. Anyone have experience with thyme in their ppathways? How long does it take to establish? Also, do you know where I can find some pix?

Hi Kim, I did not have much luck growing thyme from seed but did plant thyme plants. They grow quickly and full in well. Once a season I have to give them a "haircut" because it will grow over top of the stones. It looks great between the stones.

LynAB, Zone 3A----------------------------------“Those who say it can't be done are usually interrupted by others doing it.” ` James Arthur Baldwin"

We were able to cut the 4" square pots into 3 or 4 pieces each. We used Wooly Thyme and it grew very quickly. The first year we did 3 or 4 pots and were able to use cuttings by the end of the season to do another part of the walk. This year we will finish the walk with cuttings. Magic Carpet may do better from seed than the Wooly thyme did. At any rate it grows quicky and needs to be trimmed back or it will take over your stones.

LynAB, Zone 3A----------------------------------“Those who say it can't be done are usually interrupted by others doing it.” ` James Arthur Baldwin"

I don't see your location but if anywhere near central Nova Scotia I would gladly give you oodles of thyme. The draw back with using thyme on pathways that are used in the winter months is that it is hard to use a push snow shovel on them.

I am surprised Lyn that wooley thyme survives your zone as I found it not always that hardy in my 5.

It does increase quickly.

Betty"The most serious gardening I do would seem very strange to an onlooker, for it involves hours of walking round in circles, apparently doing nothing." --Helen Dillon

I am going to have to speak to mine although I see it came through this past winter just fine. Actually I find that everybody's garden has different factors about them so just one more reason to push the zone.

Betty"The most serious gardening I do would seem very strange to an onlooker, for it involves hours of walking round in circles, apparently doing nothing." --Helen Dillon

we have a very large flagstone walkway, I planted some irish moss last year but it is quite costly and will take me years to get it all filled in, I get some kind of moss that grows in the walkway and when green looks very nice but now it is getting brown and going to seed and doesn't look so hot, anyone know what that is called.